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28 January 2013

Springer launches 'Springer Book Archives' at ALA MW STM publisher Springer announced the launch of the Springer Book Archives (SBA) at the 2013 American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting (ALA MW), offering online access to 37,000 historic, English-language eBooks. The SBA will be completed by the end of this year, and when finished researchers, students and librarians will be able to access more than 170 years of science through 100,000 titles, available anywhere, at anytime, via Springer's online platform, SpringerLink. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thomson Reuters launches Ideation Challenge to expand scientific discovery experience on Web of Knowledge The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters announced the launch of its Ideation Challenge at the American Library Association (ALA) Mid Winter Meeting. Ideation Challenge is a contest for the scientific and scholarly research community, designed to expand the discovery experience offered by Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO adds thousands of e-books to eBook Academic Collection EBSCO Publishing has announced that thousands of e-books have been added to the eBook Academic Collection, increasing the number of e-books to more than 112,000. The collection supplies full-text e-books covering a spectrum of academic subjects from technology, and engineering to the humanities and social sciences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Web-scale management solution Intota to be released in 2013 with Intota Assessment Serials Solutions has announced that its Intota web-scale management solution will debut in 2013 with Intota Assessment, a library collection analytics service. The new service includes a suite of business intelligence tools to help libraries make informed decisions regarding collection development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology releases iPad app edition The Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology (IJDVL) has announced the release of its new iPad app edition. The app was showcased at 41st National Conference of IADVL, Dermacon 2013 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, held January 24-27, at the Gujarat University Convention & Exhibition Center. The IJDVL journal is published by Medknow, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Science investment plans need to be supported by long-term research funding: RSC head The RSC Chief Executive, Dr. Robert Parker, has said that David Willetts' announcement on the government's plans for capital investment in science is good news. However, he has called for a long-term increase in research funding to ensure that new facilities don't go to waste. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme More than 90 international university presses now preserving e-books with Portico Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico has announced that it is now preserving e-books from more than 90 university presses in 6 countries. This includes Cambridge University Press and university press e-books hosted by JSTOR (Books at JSTOR), Project Muse (UPCC Collections), and Oxford University Press (University Press Scholarship Online). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UBM Tech launches InformationWeek Education site for technology executives and administrators at colleges and universities Business information provider UBM Tech has announced the launch of InformationWeek Education, a new website and quarterly digital magazine for technology executives and administrators at colleges and universities. InformationWeek Education provides news, analysis and expert commentary on the technology issues reshaping higher education. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ex Libris launches self-registration service, expands support for OA Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has launched a self-registration service enabling institutions to easily add the contents of their institutional repository (IR) to the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic materials and thus expand the breadth of IR content in the index. Institutional repositories play a key role in the open access movement. Registration of institutional repositories in Primo Central is another strand of the company's open access strategy. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Impelsys appoints Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys has named Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales. In his new position, Robert will be based in the company's New York headquarters and will report directly to Sameer Shariff, founder and CEO of the company. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. 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